Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Borşa (Baia Borşa; Borsa), Maramureș, Romania

mindat Locality ID: 156377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Borşa (Baia Borşa; Borsa), Maramureș, Romania": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Catarama Mine
Gura Baii Mine
Ivascoaia Mine
Macarlau Mine
Magura Open Pit
Socolescu Mine
Toroioaga Mine
Unnamed Vein Secu Valley

Latitude: 47°42'38"N
Longitude: 24°42'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.710555555556,24.7125

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Arsenic	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Meneghinite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Aikinite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Eclarite ()*	Friedrichite ()*
Galena ()*	Giessenite ()*	Gladite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hammarite ()*
Heyrovskýite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Lindströmite ()*
Matildite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Vikingite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Bi C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Kobellite Lillianite Meneghinite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	101313	315
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	2	101307,101313	50
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	101313	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	101309,101311,101313	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	101312	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	101312	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	101312,101313	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	4	101309,101310,101313,101314	344
Eclarite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)Pb₉Bi₁₂S₂₈	1	101313	18
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	1	101313	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	101313	24243
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	1	101313	18
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	101313	67
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	2	101313,101314	113
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	1	101313	43
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	101313	66
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	1	101313	25
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	101313	80
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	2	101313,101314	128
Lindströmite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₃Cu₃Bi₇S₁₅	1	101313	38
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	101313	252
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	2	101313,101314	32
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	101312,101313	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	101313	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	101313	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	101313	21482
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	1	101313	27

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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